[StarVid]

minor spoilers in the end of this post.

I've played IWD, and I liked it. Granted it was just a dungeon crawl, but it was nice to pass the time while I waited for BG2. I haven't picked up P:T, though, for one big reason. From what I hear, P:T is supposed to be even more "plot" than BG2. Frankly, I didn't like the storyline to BG2 all that much, and I didn't like how they went about the plot. Being the son of a god was way over the top for me. Granted, being the main character, you have to be special in a way, but I don't know if this son of the god of murder was the best way to write an adventure. And most importantly, I can't get past chapter 2 of BG2. I'm a bit of a completionist, not just for plot, but I want to get all the good treasure too. And Chapter 2 is so full of all these side quests with lots of cool stuff. The problem is that they're totally unrelated to the plot and the character's goal (getting Imoen back). Using the rationale that you have to raise money to pay off Gaylen Bayle to get info on Imoen is rather lame. Granted, you need to pick up allies and beef them up with some experience and gear, but Chapter 2 was a boring way to go about it.

Overall, I think that IWD is better than the BG series. Not because it has a better plot (IWD barely has a plot), but because it lived up to my expectations. It was a dungeon crawl. I knew that when I bought it. I had expected BG2 to be more interesting than it was. Then again, maybe it is, if I just had the patience to get past chapter 2, without getting bored of being outside the plot and putting the game aside for IWD or the Fallout series (now the Fallout series was written well)

On a side note, the farthest I got was that quest from the leader of the shadow thieves where I have to protect something or another at the docks from vampires. I don't know what's after that, but I bet I have to do a few quests for him before I have a shot at getting a lead on Imoen, which means more non-plot related side quests...too many distractions for me...